A tale of amalgamation of three Permo-Triassic collage systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, sutures, and terminal accretion

W **ao, BF Windley, S Sun, J Li… - Annual review of …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt records the accretion and convergence of three collage
systems that were finally rotated into two major oroclines. The Mongolia collage system was …

Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

A Kröner, V Kovach, E Belousova, E Hegner… - Gondwana …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
We argue that the production of mantle-derived or juvenile continental crust during the
accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) has been grossly …

Accretionary processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Advances and perspectives

W **ao, D Song, BF Windley, J Li, C Han… - Science China Earth …, 2020‏ - Springer
As one of the largest Phanerozoic orogens in the world, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB) is a natural laboratory for studies of continental dynamics and metallogenesis. This …

A review of the western part of the Altaids: a key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens

W **ao, B Huang, C Han, S Sun, J Li - Gondwana Research, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary collages in the world, and the tectonic styles of
the accretionary processes have been interpreted in several ways, including as an …

[PDF][PDF] Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

WJ **ao, BF Windley, C Yuan, M Sun… - American Journal of …, 2009‏ - ajsonline.org
The formation and development of the southern Altaids is controversial with regard to its
accretionary orogenesis and continental growth. The Altay-East Junggar orogenic collage of …

A Cenozoic record of deep oceanic Zn isotopic composition in ferromanganese crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023‏ - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Timing of Paleozoic amalgamation between the North China and South China Blocks: evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

Y Dong, X Liu, F Neubauer, G Zhang, N Tao, Y Zhang… - Tectonophysics, 2013‏ - Elsevier
LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from clastics of the undated fore-arc sedimentary
unit (FAS) along the Shangdan Suture and the Middle–Upper Devonian Liuling Group in the …

Archean crustal evolution of the northern Tarim craton, NW China: Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic constraints

X Long, C Yuan, M Sun, G Zhao, W **ao, Y Wang… - Precambrian …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Tarim craton is one of the major cratons in Central Asia. Basement rocks of the craton, such
as TTG gneisses, are dominantly exposed in the northern (Kuluketage area) and the Eastern …

Juvenile versus recycled crust in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications from ocean plate stratigraphy, blueschist belts and intra-oceanic arcs

I Safonova - Gondwana Research, 2017‏ - Elsevier
New or “juvenile” crust forms and grows mainly through mafic to andesitic magmatism at
Pacific-type or accretionary type convergent margins as well as via tectonic accretion of …

Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

M Sun, C Yuan, W **ao, X Long, X **a, G Zhao, S Lin… - Chemical …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Gneissic rocks in the Chinese Altai Mountains have been interpreted as either Paleozoic
metasedimentary rocks or Precambrian basement. This study reports geochemical and …